When you consider how the Skins game ended (with a questionable call taking away a Portis TD that would have won it for the skins), that would translate to a questionable legal decision deciding the election. That part is almost sure to happen, given all the shysters, I mean lawyers both sides have hired.
That really says a lot about the effectiveness of Coors Light's famous "twins" commercials. People remember the ads, but associate them with the wrong product.
Besides, he isn't suing because they refused to give him a refund. He is just because his little toy broke (and the fact that it cost a few hundred dollars does not change the fact that it is, in the end, a toy). Nowhere in the article does it say that he was refused a refund.
Ok, then ask for a refund, complain to them, write angry sounding reviews, etc. There are plenty of remedies other than suing and filling up our courts with frivolous lawsuits.
...but come on! He is suing because his toy broke. Thats it. This is the world when even 12 year old kids have ambulance chasers, er, lawyers following them around and filing lawsuits whenever something happens that pisses them off.
"The US pressured the EU, which was in the process of 'harmonising' the copyright laws of the individual EU nations, into using the *longest* copyright term of any of the EU nations (Germany, with a life+70 term)."
Yeah, because everyone knows the US has supreme control over the EU leaders. Those mind control devices really came in handy. They allowed the US government to implement a EU directive that was used to convince themselves to adopt a similar law. I see no problems with that theory.
I know the US government under Bush is a member of/.'s Big Bad Guys list, but the implication that this is some sort of attempt by the US government to push their laws on other countries is just wrong. In fact, the opposite is true. The Bono copyright extension was merely to bring the duration of a US copyright up to the same length of time as the European Union's copyrights. Even if there were no Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, the lawsuit could easily come from Europe.
On including TVs (and they say Americans watch too much TV)...
Yet even with a feature that shuts off the video once a car moves faster than three miles an hour, Audi has no intention of offering it here.
It turns off at 3 mph? First of all, I didn't realize cars in Eurpose reported speed in terms of miles per hour. Second, what is the point of setting the restriction at this speed? Do they expect people to slow down to walking speed while they are driving down the highway to catch the end of the cricket game (or whatever they watch in Europe)? When would anyone ever be driving at such a slow constant speed? Possibly a parking lot? Thats when you need to be paying the most attention! During a traffic jam? You still need to be paying attention to the road, even though there likely won't be kids running across the road like with a parking lot. Why not just shut down whenever the car is in motion period (or at least shut off the video and keep the audio)?
Well I'll be sure to check that out, but I'll also stand by my warning. Even if you have a good understanding of statistics and game theory and any other branch of mathematics which may be relevant to the game, chance will always be a big factor. No calculations will help you when your opponent is dealt a better hand than what you think is your winning hand. And more dangerously, what happens when some geek who thinks himself the champ of online poker tries to take his skill into the real world only to find out he has a very obvious tell?
How many guys have lost their house because of a percieved advantage they thought they had? I never said that geeks cannot play poker, just that it is dangerous to exaggerate one's opinion of one's gambling abilities.
Unless your opponent is playing in a very predictable manner, you are unlikely to be able to deduce their hand based on how they have acted in the past. And if you are playing based on statistics, you are going to be playing in a very predictable manner and will be an easy target (though it could be argued that most players of online poker are geeks and thus this is what is happening).
I'm sorry, but unless you are like the guy in Rainman and can count cards, I don't really think math skills will help you that much in poker. Maybe psychiatry, but not math. If you think math skills are helping you, I'm afraid you may be relying more on luck than you think.
Thinking you have some special skill in a game that mostly depends on luck is the first step in becoming a gambling addict. You were not doing well because of your engineering abilities, you were doing well because you were dealt good hands. Thats luck, not skill, and it doesn't carry over from one game to another. It won't be long before your luck turns on you and you are down quite a bit of money.
First of all, that is why I limited its popularity to a specific group, namely the geek crowd.
Second, we are not talking about whether or not iRiver should support ogg vorbis, they already do. We are talking about whether or not the omission of ogg vorbis in the list of supported formats in the/. article summary should have occurred. Thus the only group that should be considered are/. readers, for whom I feel there is sufficient evidence that ogg vorbis is popular (again, read the comments for this very story).
Third, I am not basing this merely on the opinions of/.ers. I know people in the real world as well who use.oggs. In fact I even first heard of.ogg somewhere other than/.
Fourth, yes products that support ogg vorbis are popular. Check out amazon.com's top selling portable music players in the 11-20 GB range, 3 out of 8 support.oggs (the karma and the iRivers).
Tell you what. Since you are the one and only person who cares about how karma bonuses are used, why don't you scroll through the thousands of stories submitted between when my karma went up to Excellent and when I met you. Besides, its not like you have a life anyways.
XMMS has it bundled with the crossfade plugin. I also seem to remember it working with winamp2 (though not with later versions). Also you will probably need to use ogg vorbis files as I think mp3s have gaps stuck at the ends of the file.
" You can't play two arbitrary MP3s "back to back" without the potential for silent gaps."
Who said anything about MP3s? I know the MP3 format does not support gapless playback. Thats one reason I have my music collection ripped into ogg vorbis files (this is slashdot you know, people here are familiar with the format). Thus I can listen to them with no gaps. What I'm looking for is a portable player which can also do this. I've heard the Karma supports it, though it has its own problems.
From what I've heard that is noticably different from true gapless playback. If you have had personal experience suggesting otherwise, maybe I'll try one out.
Namely play entire albums. Most MP3 players cannot do this simply because they lack the ability to play songs without sticking gaps in between them, which ruin many albums.
I've heard rumors that the iRiver was planning to support gapless playback, but their latest update doesn't work at all. Until they do, I'll just stick with my CDs when I want to listen to music on the go.
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Thanks for illustrating why I used the phrase "questionable call".
You mean just not buying the $150 toy (like what I did) isn't an option for you? How sad.
When you consider how the Skins game ended (with a questionable call taking away a Portis TD that would have won it for the skins), that would translate to a questionable legal decision deciding the election. That part is almost sure to happen, given all the shysters, I mean lawyers both sides have hired.
That really says a lot about the effectiveness of Coors Light's famous "twins" commercials. People remember the ads, but associate them with the wrong product.
Besides, he isn't suing because they refused to give him a refund. He is just because his little toy broke (and the fact that it cost a few hundred dollars does not change the fact that it is, in the end, a toy). Nowhere in the article does it say that he was refused a refund.
Ok, then ask for a refund, complain to them, write angry sounding reviews, etc. There are plenty of remedies other than suing and filling up our courts with frivolous lawsuits.
...but come on! He is suing because his toy broke. Thats it. This is the world when even 12 year old kids have ambulance chasers, er, lawyers following them around and filing lawsuits whenever something happens that pisses them off.
Yeah, because everyone knows the US has supreme control over the EU leaders. Those mind control devices really came in handy. They allowed the US government to implement a EU directive that was used to convince themselves to adopt a similar law. I see no problems with that theory.
BTW, can anyone find an independent source for this story? Not that I don't trust bloggers with an obvious bias, but independent sources can be nice.
I know the US government under Bush is a member of /.'s Big Bad Guys list, but the implication that this is some sort of attempt by the US government to push their laws on other countries is just wrong. In fact, the opposite is true. The Bono copyright extension was merely to bring the duration of a US copyright up to the same length of time as the European Union's copyrights. Even if there were no Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, the lawsuit could easily come from Europe.
It turns off at 3 mph? First of all, I didn't realize cars in Eurpose reported speed in terms of miles per hour. Second, what is the point of setting the restriction at this speed? Do they expect people to slow down to walking speed while they are driving down the highway to catch the end of the cricket game (or whatever they watch in Europe)? When would anyone ever be driving at such a slow constant speed? Possibly a parking lot? Thats when you need to be paying the most attention! During a traffic jam? You still need to be paying attention to the road, even though there likely won't be kids running across the road like with a parking lot. Why not just shut down whenever the car is in motion period (or at least shut off the video and keep the audio)?
How many guys have lost their house because of a percieved advantage they thought they had? I never said that geeks cannot play poker, just that it is dangerous to exaggerate one's opinion of one's gambling abilities.
Backpedaling my ass. Do you ever bother to RTFA before you spout off your trap?
I'm sorry, but unless you are like the guy in Rainman and can count cards, I don't really think math skills will help you that much in poker. Maybe psychiatry, but not math. If you think math skills are helping you, I'm afraid you may be relying more on luck than you think.
Online poker dumbass.
With online poker? Where you can't read your opponent's face (unless he has a webcam)?
Thinking you have some special skill in a game that mostly depends on luck is the first step in becoming a gambling addict. You were not doing well because of your engineering abilities, you were doing well because you were dealt good hands. Thats luck, not skill, and it doesn't carry over from one game to another. It won't be long before your luck turns on you and you are down quite a bit of money.
Second, we are not talking about whether or not iRiver should support ogg vorbis, they already do. We are talking about whether or not the omission of ogg vorbis in the list of supported formats in the /. article summary should have occurred. Thus the only group that should be considered are /. readers, for whom I feel there is sufficient evidence that ogg vorbis is popular (again, read the comments for this very story).
Third, I am not basing this merely on the opinions of /.ers. I know people in the real world as well who use .oggs. In fact I even first heard of .ogg somewhere other than /.
Fourth, yes products that support ogg vorbis are popular. Check out amazon.com's top selling portable music players in the 11-20 GB range, 3 out of 8 support .oggs (the karma and the iRivers).
Anything else?
Tell you what. Since you are the one and only person who cares about how karma bonuses are used, why don't you scroll through the thousands of stories submitted between when my karma went up to Excellent and when I met you. Besides, its not like you have a life anyways.
XMMS has it bundled with the crossfade plugin. I also seem to remember it working with winamp2 (though not with later versions). Also you will probably need to use ogg vorbis files as I think mp3s have gaps stuck at the ends of the file.
Who said anything about MP3s? I know the MP3 format does not support gapless playback. Thats one reason I have my music collection ripped into ogg vorbis files (this is slashdot you know, people here are familiar with the format). Thus I can listen to them with no gaps. What I'm looking for is a portable player which can also do this. I've heard the Karma supports it, though it has its own problems.
If by legit you really mean pyramid scheme.
In case the frequency of "What about ogg" posts on this story didn't clue you in, the format is indeed popular within the geek crowd.
From what I've heard that is noticably different from true gapless playback. If you have had personal experience suggesting otherwise, maybe I'll try one out.
I've heard rumors that the iRiver was planning to support gapless playback, but their latest update doesn't work at all. Until they do, I'll just stick with my CDs when I want to listen to music on the go.